MARY JANE PARKER’s work combines printmaking techniques with other media including drawing, encaustic painting and glass. Her work is figurative and explores themes of ritual and memory. Ms. Parker received her BFA from Louisiana State University, MA and MFA. Studio Art with Printmaking emphasis from Illinois State University. She is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship, a Louisiana Division of the Arts Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts/Southern Arts Federation Award for Excellence, an NEA Independent Study Fellowship, a Surdna Foundation Arts Teacher’s Fellowship and project grants from the Louisiana Division of the Arts. Ms. Parker’s work is part of the permanent collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the LSU Museum of Art and the Center for Book Arts in New York and numerous private collections. Ms. Parker is past chair and faculty of the Visual Arts Department at the New Orleans Center for Creative. She is represented in New Orleans by Arthur Roger Gallery and she is a member of the Baton Rouge Gallery. Her professional website is: www.maryjaneparkerart.com.